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Michael Jordan

United States · 1984–2003

Six finals, six titles, six Finals MVP awards.

6
NBA titles: 30.1
Points per game: 10
Scoring titles: 5
MVP awards

Career

Jordan combined a scorer's ruthlessness with genuinely elite defence, winning Defensive Player of the Year in the same season he averaged 35 points. He never lost an NBA Finals series, and his two three-peats with Chicago bracketed a retirement to play minor-league baseball.

Honours

Six NBA championships, six Finals MVP awards
Highest career regular-season scoring average in NBA history
Defensive Player of the Year, 1988
Two Olympic golds, including with the 1992 Dream Team

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